The Rants & Rambles of A Grumpy Old Dude

Flash Fiction #159

Buddy Bob was railing about politicians, and how they interfere with our lives, especially financially – laws, rulings, regulations, taxes, duties, levies, tariffs – control our every move, and milk us dry.

I told him that he was right – in a way – but it all started here. Politicians are just the mouthpiece, the head of the ventriloquist’s dummy. This is corporate America, the center of the real power behind the throne.

You don’t think Donald Trump got elected on his intellect and wit. Those aren’t telephone lines coming from those castles; they’re marionette strings, pulled by the puppet-masters. Speak Donald! Dance Donald!

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Go to Rochelle’s Addicted to Purple site and use her Wednesday photo as a prompt to write a complete 100 word story.

After the No Such Agency sieves those two words out of the same sentence, expect a visit from a couple of black Cadillac SUVs. Thanx for the visit, but please don’t mention my name during waterboarding interrogation. 😳

It’s no consolation. Here in Canada, we have a drama-instructor son with a famous father’s name, barely old enough to vote, much less run a country, saying Care-Bear things like, “The budget will balance itself from the heart out.” 😯

In a world gone mad, politician-wise, it’s hard to pick out the biggest fools. There’s certainly a top five – or would that be ten? – world leaders who are a disgrace to their countries. How many of them are puppets being manipulated is another, scary question.
(It’s a good story when you get the reader thinking!)